Ricketts threatens to move Cubs without OK for Wrigley upgrades
By Ameet Sachdev, Hal Dardick and Bill Ruthhart
Tribune reporters
5:35 p.m. CDT, May 1, 2013
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The lengthy and complicated negotiations over the future of Wrigley Field took an unexpected turn Wednesday when Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts for the first time raised the specter of leaving the venerable ballpark if his demand for more stadium signage, including a giant video scoreboard, doesn't receive government approval.
Ricketts dropped the bombshell after a speech at a breakfast meeting of the City Club of Chicago to rally support for the team's plans to renovate Wrigley Field.
Asked what would happen if opponents block his request for more signs in the outfield, Ricketts said: "I'm not sure how anyone is going to stop the signs in the outfield, but if it comes to the point that we don't have the ability to do what we need to do in our outfield then we're going to have to consider moving. It's a simple as that."
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And of course, the suburbanites in the comments are all for the move to Rosemont.